Rat and mouse trap



April 20, 1926.

C. S. HOLROYD RAT AND MOUSE TRAP Filed May 5. 192$ Patented Apr. 20,1926. Y

CHARLES s. HoLRoYI),

or CARLTON, OREGON;

RAT AND MOUSE TRAP.

Application filed May 3,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES S. HoLRoYn,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Carlton, in the county ofYamhill and 5 State of Oregon, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in 'a' Rat and Mouse Trap, of which the following is aspecification. j T

This invention relates to animal traps and more particularly to theclass of devices for trapping and destroying rodents: such as rats andmice. I

The primary object is to'provide a trap of this character, which,afterbeing erected and baited, will not require further attentioinj'pear upon consideration of the following dea tailed description andaccompanying drawings, wherem:

Figure 1 is a perspectiveiview of the device constructed in accordancewith my in-. vention.

Figure 2 is a the trap.' V I Figure 8 is a detailed cross sectionthrough the body of the trap showing the discharge chute, the trap doorbeing in open position.

v detailed View of thetop of Referring to the drawings by numerals,

the body 1 of thetrap is preferably of cylindrical or square formationand is provided -with a substantially conical bottom section 2 forming adischarge chute having an open end 3; .In the upper open end of the body1 is arranged a diametrically extending rod Ljournalled in'suitableopenings whereby the rod t may readily turn. Attached to the rod is acircular trap door '5 which is adapted to swing with the rod whereby thedoor may be opened and closed. The outer end of the rod lis providedwith a right angular extension 6-to which. is attached a weight 7 whichwill normally hang downwardly thus utilizing the force of gravity tonormally maintain the trap 1923. Serial No. 636,303.

door 5 ina horizontal plane. The weight 7, however, is not any heavierthan is necessary to permit'the trap door 5 to freely swing when anyweight is placed upon the trap door. 7 V

Mounted'uponthe top of the body' 1 is a conical hood 8, from the topofwhich is suspended a cord or wire 9' to receive a piece of bait 10,whereby the bait will be UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

suspended centrallywithin the hood8. The

base 11 of the hood is adapted to'rest upon the top of the body 1 andthe base is equipped with an opening 12 to receive the circular trapdoor T hebody of the trap is supported above the floor by angular"runways 13 connected to the trap and forming substantially a tripod to'maintain the body of the trap in elevatedposition. The hood 8 isprovided with openings 14 at the upper ends of the runways 13 wherebyrodentspassing up the runways may enter 7 the trap through the openings14.

' Below the chute, and inline with the opening 3, is a vessel orcontainer 15 which rodent is discharged when the trap operates. Afterthetrap isset the rats or mice will be luredthrough the openings 14 bytheir at-f tempt to obtain the bait 10. The rodent places its weight onthe trapdoor 5, when the latter will immediately swing to the positionshown in Figure 3 and the rodent will thus be precipitated through thechute and out through the opening 3 and into the water contained in thevessel 15. The vessel 15 is so arranged as to prevent the rodent fromescaping therefrom it will be apparent that the rodent will drown andthus be destroyed. By virtue of the weight j 7, the trap door 5willpromptly return to be ready for the.

operative positiofn so as to next vict m. I

holds quantity of water into whichthe Minor changes may be made in thedetails l of construction without departing from the spirit of theinven'tionor the scope of the claim hereunto appended. I \VhatI claimis: V

A trap comprising a substantially cone shape body having its end oflarge diameter upwardly-disposed, a trap door pivotally mounted at theupper end of the body, a

shaped body and whereby the lower smaller end of the body is elevatedabove the surface of the support upon which the runways may rest.

In testimony whereof I have aiiiXed my signature.

CHARLES S. HOLROYD.

